Oh, I thought you already had it and were playing games like a madman, judging by the sparseness of your person around the shrimps-board the last couple of days...

Nope, nope

I've taken apart my watercooling system atm - going to be selling my current system and probably moving into i7 core equip. My plans are to put together something along the lines you have - Maximus Formula III + i7 860 and add in a Typhoon III with a tripple rad...lots of "thoughts" at this point.

ATM I'm gaming with 4770's in Xfire - but the wife/work gets in the way sometimes aswell

I've taken apart my watercooling system atm - going to be selling my current system and probably moving into i7 core equip. My plans are to put together something along the lines you have - Maximus Formula III + i7 860 and add in a Typhoon III with a tripple rad...lots of "thoughts" at this point.

ATM I'm gaming with 4770's in Xfire - but the wife/work gets in the way sometimes aswell

K.

I've got an ASUS Maximus III Gene, which is a great mATX mobo with lots of tweakabilities. It also supports both Xfire and SLI. I also have an Intel i7-860 and an ASUS HD 5870, but am still waiting for my memory. The latter has gone considerably up in price at some distributors, sometimes doubling and even trippling the original price... That's why I set my sights a tad lower and ordered some Kingston HyperX@1600MHz (€160 per 2x2GB) instead of the high-end HyperX@2133MHz (€365 originally per 2x2GB, now soaring to over €600 at some shops...)

Since I don't have a donkey that shits money, I have to be careful. For the time being (to replace my Asus EN8800GTS 512MB) I've also ordered an Asus HD4890 for my 'lower-end' system, which is the one I'm using right now.

For some reason (could be driver-related) the 8800GTS doesn't perform too well under Windows 7 (Ultimate), both with games or Photoshop/PhotoImpact/whatever, so I'm gonna see what it says with the HD4890. I might have to replace the standard cooler on the HD4890, because of the position of the 6 sata connectors on my Asus P5K-E Wifi mobo, but that's but a small inconvenience...

The Core-i system is going to be used solely for gaming and will be tucked away either in my Antec 1200 or a Gigabyte Poseidon 310 I was able to get second hand (but still in an unopened box) for a mere €50...

Next year (which starts in a couple of weeks, come to think of it) I'll probably be going for a socket 1366 system. All depends on the performance of the 1156-based system. And my financial state. Or my mental state. The latter depending on the former...

It's a good thing you've already got some watercooling equipment, because the Obsidian doesn't perform well with aircooling (meaning that the airflow sucks, especially in the mainboard area because of not enough intake power).

On the other hand, that Obsidian is an awesome case, well built and well designed with great features for hiding cables and stuff. A tad pricey at $300 without PSU, but quality takes money, I suppose. On top of that price, you've got to add three new fans (one for the bottom with a bigger intake and two for the top for outtake) and you've got to switch the back-fan from sucking out hot air to blowing in cold air, in order to have a better flow and thus better cooling.

You've got a lot of neat stuff packed there mate. The Typhoon reservoir and the tubing must look cool.

Personally, I wouldn't go for the G-Skill RAM, but such things are based more on personal preferences than on actual differences in performance. Although I must add that I found Kingston's RAM to be more stable than other brands with similar characteristics that I've used in the past (like Corsair, OCZ and Apacer).

I'm not such a heavy overclocker, basically because I don't have lots of money (in fact I never have any) and I'm afraid that when I push things too far I might end up doing my stuff with a chisel and stone tablets instead of a PC.

So my GTX 295 just got in today, but unfortunately I havent had any luck sellilng my current system....so now I'm just itching to install my watercooling loop back in just to see this thing in action (tho I think I will wait)

Gah, just dont think the wife will be pleased if I go and spend more money on PC parts while I still have a perfectly good one sittin on my desk heh

So my GTX 295 just got in today, but unfortunately I havent had any luck sellilng my current system....so now I'm just itching to install my watercooling loop back in just to see this thing in action (tho I think I will wait)

Gah, just dont think the wife will be pleased if I go and spend more money on PC parts while I still have a perfectly good one sittin on my desk heh

I've got some bad news to add to that: I'm able to lay my hands on a good-as-new Antec 900 II for €50...

Which means I won't be going after your Coolermaster, I'm sad to say.

I live alone, so there's no-one to complain about my madness, but I've already got a Coolermaster Elite, a brandnew Gigabyte Posseidon 310 (which is absolutely NOT worth the price at which they're being sold -95 to 115 euro-) a Chieftec Dragonmaster (blue) a Chieftec Bravo BA, my main rig in an Antec 1200 and a TV/Juke-box rig in the form of an HP Compaq hd7600sff, so, my alter ego is starting to get worried, both about the amount of space I've got left in my tiny appartment and my financial status